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The Civil Courts Act, 1887

( ACT NO. XII OF 1887 )

[ 11th March 1887 ]

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♣An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Civil Courts in Bangladesh.

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to Civil Courts in Bangladesh; It
is hereby enacted as follows:-

CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

Title, extent 1. (1) This Act may be called the 2[* * *] Civil Courts Act.
and
commencement (2) It extends to Bangladesh except such portions [thereof] as for the time
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being are not subject to the ordinary civil jurisdiction of the High Court
Division 4[* * *]; and

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1887.

[Repealed] 2. (1) 5[Repealed by the Amendment Act, 1891 (Act No. XII of 1891)].

(2) [Omitted by the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973
(Act No. VIII of 1973), section 3 and 2nd Schedule.]

(3) Any enactment or document referring to the Bengal Civil Courts Act,
1871, [or East Bengal Civil Court Act] or to any enactment thereby repealed,
shall be construed to refer to this Act or to the corresponding portion thereof.

CHAPTER II
CONSTITUTION OF CIVIL COURTS

Classes of 6 [3. There shall be following classes of Civil Courts, namely:-

Civil Courts
(a) the Court of the District Judge;
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(b) the Court of the Additional District Judge;

(c) the Court of the Joint District Judge;

(d) the Court of the Senior Assistant Judge; and

(e) the Court of the Assistant Judge.]

Number of 7
[4. The Government may alter the number of District Judges, Additional
Judges
District Judges, Joint District Judges, Senior Assistant Judges and Assistant
Judges now fixed.]

[Repealed] 5. [Repealed by the Decentralization Act, 1914 (Act No. IV of 1914).]

Vacancies 6. (1) Whenever the office of District Judge or 8[Joint District] Judge is vacant
among
by reason of the death, resignation or removal of the Judge or other cause, or
District or
Joint District whenever an increase in the number of District or 9[Joint District] Judges has
Judges
been made under the provisions of section 4, the Government or, as the case

may be, the High Court Division may fill up the vacancy or appoint the

Additional District Judges or 10[Joint District] Judges.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a Government from

appointing a District Judge or 11 [Joint District] Judge to discharge, for such

period as it thinks fit, in addition to the functions devolving on him as such

District Judge or 12[Joint District] Judge, all or any of the functions of another
District Judge or 13[Joint District] Judge, as the case may be.

[Omitted] 7. [Omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order,

1937.]

Additional 8.(1) When the business pending before any District Judge requires the aid
District
of 14[Additional District] Judges for its speedy disposal, the Government may,
Judges
having consulted the High Court Division, appoint such 15 [Additional District]
Judges as may be requisite.

(2) 16 [Additional District] Judges so appointed shall discharge any of the

functions of a District Judge which the District Judge may assign to them,
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and, in the discharge of those functions, they shall exercise the same powers
as the District Judge.

Administrative 9. Subject to the superintendence of the High Court Division, the District
control of
Judge shall have administrative control over all the Civil Courts under this
Courts
Act within the local limits of his jurisdiction.

Temporary 10. (1) In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the District Judge,
charge of
District Court
or of his being incapacitated by illness or otherwise for the performance of
his duties, or of his absence from the place at which his Court is held, the
17
[Additional District] Judges, or, if an 18
[Additional District] Judge is not
present at that place, the senior 19[Joint District] Judge present thereat, shall,

without relinquishing his ordinary duties, assume charge of the office of the
District Judge, and shall continue in charge thereof until the office is

resumed by the District Judge or assumed by an officer appointed thereto.

(2) While in charge of the office of the District Judge, the 20 [Additional

District] Judge or 21[Joint District] Judge, as the case may be, may, subject to
any rules which the High Court Division may make in this behalf, exercise any

of the powers of the District Judge.

Transfer of 11. (1) In the event of the death, resignation or removal of a 22 [Joint District]
proceedings
Judge, or of his being incapacitated by illness or otherwise for the
on vacation
of office of performance of his duties, or of his absence from the place at which his
Joint District
Court is held, the District Judge may transfer all or any of the proceedings
Judge
pending in the Court of the 23 [Joint District] Judge either to his own Court or

to any Court under his administrative control competent to dispose of them.

(2) Proceedings transferred under sub-section (1) shall be disposed of as if

they had been instituted in the Court to which they are so transferred:

(3) Provided that the District Judge may re-transfer to the Court of the
24 [Joint District] Judge or his successor any proceedings transferred under

sub-section (1) to his own or any other Court.

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(4) For the purposes of proceedings which are not pending in the Court of

the 25
[Joint District] Judge on the occurrence of an event referred to in sub-
section (1), and with respect to which that Court has exclusive jurisdiction,

the District Judge may exercise all or any of the jurisdiction of that Court.

[Omitted] 12. [Omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order,

1937.]

Power to fix 13. (1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, fix and
local limits
of
alter the local limits of the jurisdiction of any Civil Court under this Act.
jurisdiction (2) If the same local jurisdiction is assigned to two or more 26
[Joint District]
of Courts
Judges or to two or more 27 [Senior Assistant Judges or Assistant Judges],

the District Judge may assign to each of them such civil business cognizable

by the 28
[Joint District] Judge or 29
[Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant

Judge], as the case may be, as, subject to any general or special orders of

the High Court Division, he thinks fit.

(3) When civil business arising in any local area is assigned by the District
Judge under sub-section (2) to one of two or more 30[Joint District] Judges or

to one of two or more 31 [Senior Assistant Judges or Assistant Judges], a

decree or order passed by the 32

[Joint District] Judge or 33
[Senior Assistant

Judge or Assistant Judge] shall not be invalid by reason only of the case in
which it was made having arisen wholly or in part in a place beyond the local

area if that place is within the local limits fixed by the Government under sub-

section (I).

(4) A Judge of a Court of Small Causes appointed to be also a 34 [Joint

District Judge or Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge is a Joint

District Judge or Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge], as the case

may be, within the meaning of this section.

(5) The present local limits of the jurisdiction of every Civil Court under this
Act shall be deemed to have been fixed under this section.
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Place of 14. (1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, fix and
sitting of
alter the place or places at which any Civil Court under this Act is to be held.
Courts
(2) All places at which any such Courts are now held shall be deemed to have

been fixed under this section.

Vacations of 15. (1) Subject to such orders as may be made by the Government the High
Courts
Court Division shall prepare a list of days to be observed in each year as
closed holidays in the Civil Courts.

(2) The list shall be published in the official Gazette.

(3) A judicial act done by a Civil Court on a day specified in the list shall not

be invalid by reason only of its having been done on that day.

Seals of 16. Every Civil Court under this Act shall use a seal of such form and
Courts
dimensions as are prescribed by the Government.

Continuance 17. (1) Where any Civil Court under this Act has from any cause ceased to
of
have jurisdiction with respect to any case, any proceedings in relation to that
proceedings
of Courts case which, if that Court had not ceased to have jurisdiction, might have
ceasing to
been had therein may be had in the Court to which the business of the
have
jurisdiction former Court has been transferred.

(2) Nothing in this section applies to cases for which provision is made in
sections 36, 37 and 114 of, and rule 1 of Order XLVII in Schedule I to the

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, or in any other enactment for the time being in

force.

CHAPTER III
ORDINARY JURISDICTION

Extent of 18. Save as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time being in force,
original
the jurisdiction of a District Judge or 35[Joint District] Judge extends, subject
jurisdiction
of District or to the provisions of section 15 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 to all
Joint District
original suits for the time being cognizable by Civil Courts.
Judge
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Extent of 36 [19. (1) Save as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time
jurisdiction
being in force, the jurisdiction of a Senior Assistant Judge and an
of Senior
Assistant Assistant Judge shall extend to all suits of which the value does not
Judge, etc.
exceed 25 (twenty five) lac Taka and 15 (fifteen) lac Taka respectively.

(2) The District Judge shall transfer the suit or proceeding pending

before the Joint District Judge Court or the Senior Assistant Judge Court

to the competent court within 90 (ninety) days from the date of

enforcement of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2021.

(3) If any suit or proceeding is transferred under sub-section (2), the suit

or proceeding shall start from the stage at which it was transferred.]

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[Appeal 20. (1) Save as otherwise provided by any enactment for the time being in
from District
force, an appeal from a decree or order of a District Judge or 38 [Additional
and
Additional District] Judge shall lie to the High Court Division.
District
Judges]
(2) An appeal shall not lie to the High Court Division from a decree or order of

an 39
[Additional District] Judge in any case in which, if the decree or order
had been made by the District Judge, an appeal would not lie to that Court.

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[Appeal 21.41[(1) Save as aforesaid, an appeal from a decree or order of a Joint
from Joint
District Judge shall lie-
District
Judge, etc.]
(a) to the District Judge where the value of the original suit in which or in
any proceeding arising out of which the decree or order was made did

not exceed 5 (five) crore Taka; and

(b) to the High Court Division in any other case.

(1A) No appeal or proceeding pending before the High Court Division

shall be transferred to the District Judge only because of the

enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of a District Judge by the Civil

Courts (Amendment) Act, 2021.]
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(2) Save as aforesaid, an appeal from a decree or order of a 42 [Senior

Assistant Judge or an Assistant Judge] shall lie to the District Judge.

(3) Where the function of receiving any appeals which lie to the District
Judge under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) has been assigned to an
43 [Additional District] Judge, the appeals may be preferred to the
44 [Additional District] Judge.

(4) The High Court Division may, with the previous sanction of the

Government, direct, by notification in the official Gazette, that appeals

lying to the District Judge under sub-section (2) from all or any of the
decrees or orders of any 45 [Senior Assistant Judge or an Assistant

Judge], shall be preferred to the Court of such 46[Joint District] Judge as

may be mentioned in the notification, and the appeals shall thereupon be

preferred accordingly.

CHAPTER IV
SPECIAL JURISDICTION

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[Power of 22.(1) A District Judge may transfer to any 48
[Joint District] Judge under his
District
administrative control any appeals 22.(1) A District Judge may transfer to
Judge to
transfer any 49 [Joint District] Judge under his administrative control any appeals
appeals]
pending before him from the decrees or orders of [Senior Assistant Judges
or Assistant Judges].(2) The District Judge may withdraw any appeal so

transferred, and either hear and depose of it himself or transfer it to a Court

under his administrative control competent to dispose of it.

(3) Appeals transferred under this section shall be disposed of subject to the

rules applicable to like appeals when disposed of by the District Judge.

Exercise by 23.(1) The High Court Division may, by general or special order, authorise any
Joint District
50 [Joint District] Judge or 51 [Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge] to
Judge or
Senior take cognizance of, or any District Judge to transfer to a 52
[Joint District]
Assistant
Judge or 53 [Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge] under his
Judge or
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Assistant administrative control, any of the proceedings next hereinafter mentioned or
Judge of
any class of those proceedings specified in the order.
Jurisdiction
of District (2) The proceedings referred to in sub-section (1) are the following, namely:-
Court in
certain (a) Proceedings under the Bengal Wills and Intestacy Regulation, 1799;
proceedings
(b)-(c) [Repealed by the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (Act VIII of 1890).]

(d) Proceedings under the Succession Act, 1925, which cannot be disposed
of by District Delegates; and
54 [* * *]. (3) The District Judge may withdraw any such proceedings taken
cognizance of by, or transferred to, a 55 [Joint District] Judge or 56 [Senior

Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge], and may either himself dispose of them
or transfer them to a Court under his administrative control competent to
dispose of them.

Disposal of 24. (1) Proceedings taken cognizance of by, or transferred to, a 57 [Joint
proceedings
referred to in
District] Judge or 58
[Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge], as the case
last may be, under the last foregoing section shall be disposed of by him subject
foregoing
to the rules applicable to like proceedings when disposed of by the District
section
Judge:

Provided that an appeal from an order of a 59 [Senior Assistant Judge or

Assistant Judge] in any such proceeding shall lie to the District Judge.

(2) An appeal from the order of the District Judge on the Appeal from the

order of the 60[Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge] under this section
shall lie to the High Court Division if a further appeal from the order of the
District Judge is allowed by the law for the time being in force.

Reference of 61 [25A. Where in any other law for the time being inforce any reference is
Judges in
made to Additional Judge, or Subordinate Judge, or Assistant Judge, the
other laws
reference shall be construed respectively as to Additional District Judge, or
Joint District Judge, or Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge as the

case may be.]

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Power to 25. The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, confer, within
invest Joint
such local limits as it thinks fit, upon any 63 [Joint District] Judge or 64 [Senior
District
Judges and Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge] the jurisdiction of a Judge of a Court of
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[Senior
Small Causes under the 65[* * *] Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, for the trail of
Assistant
Judges or suits, cognizable by such Courts, up to such value not exceeding 66 [twenty
Assistant thousand Taka in the case of a 67 [Joint District] Judge or ten thousand Taka
Judges with
Small Cause
in the case of 68[a Senior Assistant Judge or six thousand Taka in the case of
Court an Assistant Judge]] as it thinks fit, and may withdraw any jurisdiction so
jurisdiction]
conferred:

Provided that the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette,

delegate to the High Court Division its powers under this section.

[Omitted] 26-35. [Omitted by the 1st Schedule of the Government of India (Adaptation

of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.]

CHAPTER VII
SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS

Power to 36. (1) The Government may invest with the powers of any Civil Court under
confer
this Act, by name or in virtue of office,-
powers of
Civil Courts Clause (a) [Omitted by the Governor General Order 4 of 1949, Schedule.]
on officers
(b) after consultation with the High Court Division any officer serving in any
part of the territories to which this Act extends and belonging to a class
defined in this behalf by the Government.

(2) Nothing in sections 4, 5, 6, 8. 10 or 11 applies to any officer so invested,

but all the other provisions of this Act shall, so far as those provisions can be

made applicable, apply to him as if he were a Judge of the Court with the
powers of which he is invested.

(3) [Omitted by East Pakistan (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (Ordinance No.

XIII of 1962).]
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(4) Where the place at which the Court of an officer invested with powers

under sub-section (1) is to be held has not been fixed under section 14, the
Court may be held at any place within the local limits of its jurisdiction.

Certain 37.(1) Where in any suit or other proceeding it is necessary for a Civil Court
decisions to
be according
to decide any question regarding succession, inheritance, marriage or caste,
to local law or any religious usage or institution, the 69
[Muslim] law in cases where the
parties are 70 [Muslim], and the Hindu law in cases where the parties are

Hindus, shall form the rule of decision except in so far as such law has, by
legislative enactment, been altered or abolished.

(2) In cases not provided for by sub-section (1) or by any other law for the

time being in force, the Court shall act according to justice, equity and good
conscience.

Judges not 38. (1) The presiding officer of a Civil Court shall not try any suit or other
to try suits in
which they
proceeding to which he is a party or in which he is personally interested.
are (2) The presiding officer of an appellate Civil Court under this Act shall not try
interested
an appeal against a decree or order passed by himself in another capacity.

(3) When any such suit, proceeding or appeal as is referred to in sub-section

(1) or sub-section (2) comes before any such officer, the officer shall
forthwith transmit the record of the case to the Court to which he is

immediately subordinate, with a report of the circumstances attending the

reference.

(4) The superior Court shall thereupon dispose of the case under 71
[section
24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908].

(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the extraordinary

original civil jurisdiction of the High Court Division.

Subordination 39. For the purposes of the last foregoing section the presiding officer of a
of Courts to
Court subject to the administrative control of the District Judge shall be
District Court
deemed to be immediately subordinate to the Court of the District Judge,
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and, for the purposes of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, the Court of such
an officer shall be deemed to be of a grade inferior to that of the Court of the
District Judge.

Application 40.(1) This section and sections 15, 32, 37, 38 and 39 apply to Courts of
of Act to
Courts of
Small Causes constituted under the 72[* * *] Small Cause Courts Act, 1887.
Small (2) Save as provided by that Act, the other sections of this Act do not apply
Causes
to those Courts.

1
Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words “Bangladesh”, “Government”, “Taka” and "High Court Division"
were substituted, for the words “East Pakistan”, “Provincial Government”, “rupees” and "High Court" respectively by section 3
and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

2
The words “East Bengal” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration)
Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

3
The word “thereof” was substituted, for the words “of that province” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws
(Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

4
The words “of East Pakistan” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And
Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

5
The words “or East Bengal Civil Court Act” were inserted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision
And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

6
Section 3 was substituted, for section 3 by section 2 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

7
Section 4 was substituted, for section 3 by section 3 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001)

8
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 4 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

9
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 4 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

10
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 4 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

11
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 4 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

12
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 4 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

13
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 4 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).
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14
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 5 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

15
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 5 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

16
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 5 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

17
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 6 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No XLIX of 2001).

18
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 6 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No XLIX of 2001).

19
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 6 and 7 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

20
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 6 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No XLIX of 2001).

21
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 6 and 7 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

22
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 6 and 7 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

23
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 6 and 7 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

24
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 7 and 8 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

25
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 7 and 8 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

26
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 7 and 8 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

27
The words “Senior Assistant Judges or Assistant Judges” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judges” by section 8
of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

28
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 7 and 8 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

29
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by section 8 of
the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

30
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 8 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

31
The words “Senior Assistant Judges or Assistant Judges” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judges” by section 8
of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

32
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 8 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).
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33
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by section 8 of
the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

34
The words “Joint District Judge or Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge is a Joint District Judge or Senior Assistant
Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Subordinate Judge or Assistant Judge is a Subordinate Judge or
Assistant Judge” by section 8 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

35
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 9 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001)

36
Section 19 was substituted by section 2 of The Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act No. V of 2021).

37
The marginal heading was substituted, for the former marginal heading by section 11 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001)

38
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 11 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001)

39
The marginal heading was substituted, for the former marginal heading by section 11 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

40
The marginal heading was substituted, for the former marginal heading by section 12 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001)

41
Sub-section (1) and (1A) were substituted by section 3 of The Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act No. V of 2021).

42
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or an Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by section 12
of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

43
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 12 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

44
The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 12 of the Civil Courts (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

45
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or an Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by section 12
of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

46
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 12 and 13 of the Civil Courts
(Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

47
The marginal heading was substituted, for marginal heading by section 13 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act
No. XLIX of 2001)

48
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 12 and 13 of the Civil Courts
(Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

49
The words “Senior Assistant Judges or Assistant Judges” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judges” by section 13
of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

50
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 14 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

51
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted for the words “Assistant Judge” by section 14 of
the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).
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52
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 14 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

53
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted for the words “Assistant Judge” by section 14 of
the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

54
Sub-clause (e) was omitted by section 6(2) of the Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1935.

55
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 14, 15 and 16 of the Civil Courts
(Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

56
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by sections 14,
15 and 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

57
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 14, 15 and 16 of the Civil Courts
(Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

58
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by sections 14,
15 and 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

59
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by sections 14,
15 and 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

60
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by sections 14,
15 and 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

61
Section 25A was inserted by section 17 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001)

62
In the marginal heading the words “Senior Assistant Judges or Assistant Judges” were substituted, for the words “Assistant
Judges” by section 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001)

63
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by sections 14, 15 and 16 of the Civil Courts
(Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

64
The words “Senior Assistant Judge or Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words “Assistant Judge” by sections 14,
15 and 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

65
The word “Provincial” was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act,
1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

66
The words, brackets and figures “twenty thousand Taka in the case of a Subordinate Judge or ten thousand Taka in the
case of an Assistant Judge whose jurisdiction has been extended under sub-section (2) of section 19 or six thousand Taka in
the case of any other Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the words, brackets and figure “ten thousand Taka in the case of a
Subordinate Judge or five thousand Taka in the case of an Assistant Judge whose jurisdiction has been extended under sub-
section (2) of section 19 or three thousand Taka in the case of any other Assistant Judge” by section 4 of the Civil Courts
(Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. XLVIII of 1990).

67
The words “Joint District” were substituted, for the word “Subordinate” by section 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act,
2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

68
The words “a Senior Assistant Judge or six thousand Taka in the case of an Assistant Judge” were substituted, for the
words “an Assistant Judge whose jurisdiction has been extended under sub-section (2) of section 19 or six thousand Taka in
the case of any other Assistant Judge” by section 16 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).

69
The word “Muslim” was substituted, for the word “Muhammadan” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws
(Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
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70
The word “Muslim” was substituted, for the word “Muhammadan” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws
(Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

71
The words, figures and comma “section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908” were substituted, for the words and figure
“section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration)
Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

72
The word “Provincial” was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act,
1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

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